Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family.

"Okay" they said

It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We wanted to come here because our family loves to go to water parks. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

      I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I remember that when I went on the Abyss last summer I was scared, but when I went down the slide, It was fun instead. I remember the ridges hitting my back. I wonder if it is going to be like that today?

      I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

      “Of course” he said

       We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. To calm myself a little, I looked out at the beautiful mountain scenery from the top of the platform. It was really pretty. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down.

       The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

      I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide.

    The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. I could feel the hard ridges hitting my back like tiny little knives. It felt a little like a massage. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

      Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

      “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

      “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

      "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream"

      "I thought that it actually was pretty fun."

      "Really!" My mom said

      "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Library and Mini Lesson

We went to the library and did the mini lesson.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family.

"Okay" the rest of my family said

It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We wanted to come here because our family loves to go to water parks. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

      I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I remember that when I went on the Abyss last summer I was scared, but when I went down the slide, It was fun instead. I remember the ridges hitting my back. I wonder if it is going to be like that today?

      I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

      “Of course” he said

       We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. To calm myself a little, I looked out at the beautiful mountain scenery from the top of the platform. It was really pretty. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down.

       The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

      I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide.

    The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. I could feel the hard ridges hitting my back like tiny little knives. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

      Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

      “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

      “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

      "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream"

      "I thought that it actually was pretty fun."

      "Really!" My mom said

      "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

  “Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We wanted to come here because our family loves to go to water parks. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

      I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I remember that when I went on the Abyss last summer I was scared, but when I went down the slide, It was fun instead. I remember the ridges hitting my back. I wonder if it is going to be like that today?

      I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

      “Of course” he said

       We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. To calm myself a little, I looked out at the beautiful mountain scenery from the top of the platform. It was really pretty. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down.

       The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

      I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide.

    The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. I could feel the hard ridges hitting my back like tiny little knives. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

      Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

      “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

      “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

      "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream"

      "I thought that it actually was pretty fun."

      "Really!" My mom said

      "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

  “Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We wanted to come here because our family loves to go to water parks. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

      I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I remember that when I went on the Abyss last summer I was scared, but when I went down the slide, It was fun instead. I remember the ridges hitting my back. I wonder if it is going to be like that today?

      I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

      “Of course” he said

       We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. To calm myself a little, I looked out at the beautiful mountain scenery from the top of the platform. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down.

       The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

      I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide.

    The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd ;had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

      Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

      “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

      “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

      "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream"

      "I thought that it actually was pretty fun."

      "Really!" My mom said

      "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

     “Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

      I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I remember that when I went on the Abyss last summer I was scared, but when I went down the slide, It was fun instead.  I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

      “Of course” he said

       We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down.

       The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

      I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide.

    The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd ;had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

      Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

      “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

      “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

      "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream"

      "I thought that it actually was pretty fun."

      "Really!" My mom said

      "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Cory's Story

I checked Cory's story today.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down. I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first” “Of course” he said We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down. The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go” I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine,then went down the raging water slide. The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd ;had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came. Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do. “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there” “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.” "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream" "I thought that it actually was pretty fun." "Really!" My mom said "Yes" I said We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down. I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed.We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first” “Of course” he said We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down. The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go” I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. When I looked around at my back, and I looked at the people still waiting on the platform I felt like I should go off of the slide and just go down the stairs. I told my self that I couldn't do that. I looked back at the wood platform one time and I told myself I would be fine, and then went down the raging water slide. The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came. Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do. “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there” “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.” "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream" "I thought that it actually was pretty fun." We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides. At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down. I was a little scared, but I had gone on water slide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I was going to go on the one that was going close to straight down first, and then go on the green ones that were enclosed. We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first” “Of course” he said We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down. The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go” I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. I told myself you’ll be fine, and then went down the raging water slide. The water slide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came. Soon enough the water slide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do. “Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there” “Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.” "I'm proud of you" my mom said. "I think that you were brave to go on Mountain Scream" "I thought that it actually was pretty fun." We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Joey Nowak Question

The most important message to me during the facetime call was start small, and soon people will start to notice you and you will be able to have more options.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was going to get up to about 87 degrees, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides.  At the top there are three body slides. Two are enclosed, and one other one is not but it is going almost straight down.

I was a little scared, but I had gone on waterslide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I was going to go on the one that was in the light first, and then go on the green ones that were in the dark. We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

“Of course” he said

We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with all of the anxiety and waiting. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I felt a little reassured by the thumbs up because I knew if it was bad my dad would be holding a thumbs down. 

The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. I told myself you’ll be fine, and then went down the raging waterslide.

The waterslide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me.  It felt awesome to go as fast as a Olympic runner. With the water rushing against me, it was the best break I'd had from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

Soon enough the waterslide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I recovered quickly and soon came walking towards my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

“Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

“Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself. I discovered that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem.

Waterslide Wonders

“Hey guys, do you want to go on Mountain Scream next” I asked the rest of my family. It was the middle of the day at Dollywood splash country in Tennessee. It was a warm day, so that’s why we were at the water park. I was on a vacation with my family there. We were coming off a tube slide and we were going to go on to Mountain Scream, one of the scarier slides.  At the top there are three body slides. Two are in the dark, and one other one is in the light, but it is going almost straight down.

I was a little scared, but I had gone on waterslide as scary as this one in the Bahamas last summer called the Abyss. I was going to go on the one that was in the light first, and then go on the green ones that were in the dark. We waited patiently in line. I was very anxious. I didn’t know if I was going to like it or not. I asked my Dad “could you go on the slide first”

“Of course” he said

We got onto the deck where the slides were. We kept waiting. I felt like my head was going to burst with the anxiety of it all. Finally, it was my turn. I got into the waiting platform. The water rushed harshly onto my legs from the pipes on either side of the slide. I saw my dad at the bottom of the slide holding a thumbs-up symbol. I knew my dad; whether it was good or bad my dad would be putting up the thumbs-up symbol.

The lifeguard said “Ok buddy you can go”

I looked one more time down the slide. It looked very steep. I told myself you’ll be fine, and then went down the raging waterslide.

The waterslide was so fast that all I felt was my back against the slide and water rushing all over me. I was in a state of calm. I also was having lots of fun. With the water rushing against me, it was a break from all the schoolwork that I did before summer came.

Soon enough the waterslide was over. I got out of the bottom of the slide slowly. My whole body was jiggled from the ride. I walked slowly and carefully to my parents and sister waiting. ‘I did it!’ I kept telling myself. I accomplished what I had wanted to do.

“Good job!” My sister said. “I saw that you were a little scared up there”

“Yeah, well I did go on the Abyss last year.”

We started walking to another, more moderate slide. Inside I was proud of myself.

Breakage

I got ready to jump. I started to run and I felt the wind against my face and the sides of my body. I was going really fast. I jumped over the light green slide… and I made it! Again and again, I went over the slide. On my fourth run it felt like I was going even faster than before. I ran, jumped, and tripped. I fell on my elbow. I got up in about a minute and slowly hobbled forward because I didn’t want to hurt my elbow even more. 

It was choice hour  and I was having fun on the playground.  Until now.

I went over to the picnic table where the teacher was sitting.

“I think I might have hurt my arm a little” I told her

“Really!  Do you need to go to the office?”

“No, I think I’m ok”

I sat there for a while, but my arm still hurt. It seemed like hours, but the teacher finally said “you can go in now”

“Well… is it time”

“No, but since you got hurt you might need some extra time to go to your locker and back”

“Thanks”

I slowly walked down in the silence of the hallway. After about 2 or 3 minutes I got to my locker. I did my combination with my left hand. It was a little hard to do.  Slowly I did 1^st number, 2^nd number, 3^rd number. I opened up my locker. Slowly I started to take all my homework down. I tried to concentrate through the searing pain in my right arm. Ow…ow…ow…ow. I tried to think. I only have math. Yeah, I think that’s right.

I started to walk to the bus. I would rest on the bus ride home.

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

“It is!?”

“Yeah it is”

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

”You what”

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

“Why” my dad asked.

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

“ok” that’s fine

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

“Yes”

”Well then we’re going to have to go to the doctors”

I was in the urgent care office in Beaumont. I was waiting patiently to figure out if my arm was broken or not. I could barely stand the pressure of it all. I couldn’t think of any way that I could have not broken my elbow.

I saw the calming colors of the room in the doctor’s office. I looked down at my feet and watched them go forward and backward. It seemed like an alternate world and I was all alone in this one room. It seems like I am the only person anywhere. Finally, it was time.

The doctor came in and said “You have a fracture in your elbow.”

I cried, I cried because I didn’t want this to happen again. I wanted to be the way that I normally was; with everything attached and working. My dad patted me on the back. I think that I just wanted to sit there and cry, but I had to get up.

                                                                                                                                                     

Breakage

I was pumped. I was doing things on the playground that I hadn’t done for a long time. I was having fun on the playground during choice hour. I was remembering that I liked to jump over the slides for fun in third and fourth grade.

 

I got ready to jump. I started to run and I felt the wind against my face and the sides of my body. I was going really fast. I jumped over the light green slide… and I made it! Again and again, I went over the slide. On my fourth run it felt like I was going even faster than before. I ran, jumped, and tripped. I fell on my elbow. I got up in about a minute and slowly hobbled forward because I didn’t want to hurt my elbow even more.

 

I went over to the picnic table where the teacher was sitting.

 

“I think I might have hurt my arm a little” I told her

“Really!  Do you need to go to the office?”

“No, I think I’m ok”

 

I sat there for a while, but my arm still hurt. It seemed like hours, but the teacher finally said “you can go in now”

“Well… is it time”

“No, but since you got hurt you might need some extra time to go to your locker and back”

“Thanks”

 

I slowly walked down in the silence of the hallway. After about 2 or 3 minutes I got to my locker. I did my combination with my left hand. It was a little hard to do.  Slowly I did 1^st number, 2^nd number, 3^rd number. I opened up my locker. Slowly I started to take all my homework down. I tried to concentrate through the searing pain in my right arm. Ow…ow…ow…ow. I tried to think. I only have math. Yeah, I think that’s right.

 

I started to walk to the bus. I would rest on the bus ride home.

 

 

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

 

“It is!?”

 

“Yeah it is”

 

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

 

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

 

”You what”

 

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

 

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

 

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

 

“Why” my dad asked.

 

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

 

“ok” that’s fine

 

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

 

“Yes”

 

”Well then we’re going to have to go to the doctors”

 

 

I was in the urgent care office in Beaumont. I was waiting patiently to figure out if my arm was broken or not. I could barely stand the pressure of it all. I couldn’t think of any way that I could have not broken my elbow.

 

I saw the calming colors of the room in the doctor’s office. I looked down at my feet and watched them go forward and backward. It seemed like an alternate world and I was all alone in this one room. It seems like I am the only person anywhere. Finally, it was time.

 

The doctor came in and said “You have a fracture in your elbow.”

 

I cried, I cried because I didn’t want this to happen again. I wanted to be the way that I normally was; with everything attached and working. My dad patted me on the back. I think that I just wanted to sit there and cry, but I had to get up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                     

Breakage

I was pumped. I was doing things on the playground that I hadn’t done for a long time. I was having fun on the playground during choice hour. I was remembering that I liked to jump over the slides for fun in third and fourth grade.

 

I got ready to jump. I started to run and I felt the wind against my face and the sides of my body. I was going really fast. I jumped over the light green slide… and I made it! Again and again, I went over the slide. On my fourth run it felt like I was going even faster than before. I ran, jumped, and tripped. I fell on my elbow. I got up in about a minute and slowly hobbled forward because I didn’t want to hurt my elbow even more.

 

I went over to the picnic table where the teacher was sitting.

 

“I think I might have hurt my arm a little” I told her

“Really!  Do you need to go to the office?”

“No, I think I’m ok”

 

I sat there for a while, but my arm still hurt. It seemed like hours, but the teacher finally said “you can go in now”

“Well… is it time”

“No, but since you got hurt you might need some extra time to go to your locker and back”

“Thanks”

 

I slowly walked down in the silence of the hallway. After about 2 or 3 minutes I got to my locker. I did my combination with my left hand. It was a little hard to do.  Slowly I did 1^st number, 2^nd number, 3^rd number. I opened up my locker. Slowly I started to take all my homework down. I tried to concentrate through the searing pain in my right arm. Ow…ow…ow…ow. I tried to think. I only have math. Yeah, I think that’s right.

 

I started to walk to the bus. I would rest on the bus ride home.

 

 

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

 

“It is!?”

 

“Yeah it is”

 

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

 

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

 

”You what”

 

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

 

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

 

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

 

“Why” my dad asked.

 

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

 

“ok” that’s fine

 

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

 

“Yes”

 

”Well then we’re going to have to go to the doctors”

 

 

I was in the urgent care office in Beaumont. I was waiting patiently to figure out if my arm was broken or not. I could barely stand the pressure of it all. I couldn’t think of any way that I could have not broken my elbow.

 

The doctor came in and said “  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                     

Breakage

I was pumped. I was doing things on the playground that I hadn’t done for a long time. I was having fun on the playground during choice hour. I was remembering that I liked to jump over the slides for fun in third and fourth grade.

 

I got ready to jump. I started to run and I felt the wind against my face and the sides of my body. I was going really fast. I jumped over the light green slide… and I made it! Again and again, I went over the slide. On my fourth run it felt like I was going even faster than before. I ran, jumped, and tripped. I fell on my elbow. I got up in about a minute and slowly hobbled forward because I didn’t want to hurt my elbow even more.

 

I went over to the picnic table where the teacher was sitting.

 

“I think I might have hurt my arm a little” I told her

“Really!  Do you need to go to the office?”

“No, I think I’m ok”

 

I sat there for a while, but my arm still hurt. It seemed like hours, but the teacher finally said “you can go in now

 

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

 

“It is!?”

 

“Yeah it is”

 

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

 

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

 

”You what”

 

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

 

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

 

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

 

“Why” my dad asked.

 

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

 

“ok” that’s fine

 

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

 

“Yes”

 

”Well then we’re going to have to go to the doctors”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                     

Breakage

I was pumped. I was doing things at recess that I hadn’t done for a long time. I was having fun on the playground during lunch. I was remembering that I liked to jump over the slides for fun in third and fourth grade.

 

 

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

 

“It is!?”

 

“Yeah it is”

 

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

 

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

 

”You what”

 

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

 

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

 

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

 

“Why” my dad asked.

 

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

 

“ok” that’s fine

 

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

 

“Yes”

 

”Well then we’re going to have to go to the doctors”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breakage

I went inside my house on Wednesday. My dad was not suspecting anything out of the ordinary. I came home and I said to him “Hey dad, my arm is kind of hurting.”

 

“It is!?”

 

“Yeah it is”

 

“Well, what did you do to make it hurt”

 

”I jumped over a slide” I whispered.

 

”You what”

 

I gained up my courage to tell my dad what I did. ”I jumped over a slide”

 

“Oh oh oh no” My dad shook his head from side to side.

 

Dinner was a sad one. We all ate in silence. I barely touched my plate of scrambled eggs with hot dog slices. My sister went to my dad and said “I don’t think I want to go to gymnastics”.

 

“Why” my dad asked.

 

“Well, it’s just because of Ryan coming home with his arm hurting. I don’t feel comfortable doing all of the flips and turns that I normally do with Ryan like this”.

 

“ok” that’s fine

 

“Is it still hurting Ryan?”

 

“Yes”